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Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policy: Methodological Concepts and Empirical Estimates

Hujer, Reinhard; Caliendo, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

Persistently high unemployment, tight government budgets and the growing scepticism regarding the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) are the basis for a growing interest in evaluating these measures. This paper intends to explain the need for evaluation on the micro- and...

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On Mandatory Activation of Welfare Recipients

Dahlberg, Matz; Johansson, Kajsa; Mörk, Eva - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper investigates whether mandatory activation programs for welfare recipients have effects on welfare participation, employment and disposable income. In contrast to earlier studies, we are able to capture both entry and exit effects. The empirical analysis makes use of a Swedish welfare...

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Retirement Responses to a Generous Pension Reform: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Eastern Europe

Danzer, Alexander M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

The retirement decision is under researched in developing and emerging countries, despite the topic's close relation to many development issues such as poverty reduction and social security, and despite the fact that population ageing will increasingly challenge the developing world. This paper...

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Channels of Labour Supply Responses of Lone Parents to Changed Work Incentives

Gong, Xiaodong; Breunig, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

In this paper, we investigate the response of female lone parents to two reforms to the welfare system in Australia. We look at changes to both hours and participation and focus on the channels of adjustment, in particular the role of job changes for adjustment in hours. We highlight the...

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Are Lone Mothers Responsive to Policy Changes? Evidence from a Workfare Reform in a Generous Welfare State

Mogstad, Magne; Pronzato, Chiara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

There is a heated debate in many European countries about a move towards a welfare system that increases the incentives for lone mothers to move off welfare and into work. We analyze the consequences of a major Norwegian workfare reform of the generous welfare system for lone mothers. Our...

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The Effect of Workfare on Crime: Incapacitation and Program Effects

Fallesen, Peter; Geerdsen, Lars Pico; Imai, Susumu; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

In this paper, we estimate the effect of workfare policy on crime by exploiting two exogenous welfare policy changes in … Denmark. Our results show a strong decline in the crime rate among treated unemployment uninsured men relative to untreated … lasting crime reducing effect of workfare policy. …

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The Effect of Public Pension Wealth on Saving and Expenditure

Lachowska, Marta; Myck, Michal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

In order to study whether public pension systems displace private saving, we use the quasi-experimental variation in pension wealth created by Poland's 1999 pension reform. Using the 1997–2003 Polish Household Budget Surveys, we begin by estimating "difference-in-differences" regressions,...

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